Bill Tieleman is one of BC's best known communicators, political commentators and strategists.
Bill writes a politics column Tuesdays in 24 Hours newspaper and The Tyee online magazine.
Bill has been Communications Director in the B.C. Premier's Office and at the BC Federation of Labour.
Bill owns West Star Communications, a consulting firm providing strategy and communication services for labour, business, non-profits and government.

Thursday, April 08, 2010

Blogger problems posting comments

UPDATE - Blogger is working normally now and comments are being published as usualThursday I posted this comment and will leave it up, as others indicate they are having problems.THURSDAY APRIL 8 - Unfortunately Blogger is having some serious problems allowing comments to be posted - I have a number waiting but cannot publish them - hopefully this will be resolved shortly - please be patient..

I am also finding, comments are disabled on other sites as well. Perhaps the internet is considered media, and, controlled as some newspapers are, so I heard by jungle telegraph. My sons friend said, he must have got too close to the truth, his whole web page vanished.

Is anyone aware, there is a panel of 4, who are examining: The Auditor General, Chief of Electoral Officer, Conflict of Interest Commissioner, the Information and Privacy Commissioner, the Ombudsperson, Police Commissioner, the Rep, for Children and Youth. This panel is supposed to report it to the Speaker, April 15th. Vaughn Palmer has a blog about this. How quiet this has been kept.

Bill, are you sure this is a blogger technical problem ? It could be the work of Campbell spies or PABOTS who have secretly infiltrated Blogger just to attack your website from within. Thinking about, it must be part of a vast Gordon Campbell conspiracy against you. First the infidels try to delete your blog and now they are going after the comments section. Have they no decency? Will they stop at nothing in their quest to silence the legendary, most incredible, sharpest political mind ever to grace the face of the earth as we know it? They will stop at nothing.

Bill Tieleman and Senator Larry Campbell, former Vancouver mayor

Jim Sinclair, Cindy Oliver, Ken Georgetti and Bill Tieleman

Bill Tieleman's coverage of the Basi-Virk/BC Legislature Raid Case praised by other journalists:

"This outstanding piece of journalism, in The Tyee, is the work of a journalist who has been deeply involved with this issue from the start and this article should be passed on as far and wide as possible."

"Bill Tieleman from 24 hours . . . . If you want to know about this trial and about this case, you have to read his blog – I mean, that’s just all there is to it – it’s required reading if you want to understand the BC Legislature Raid situation."

- Mike Smyth, columnist, The Province

"The Basi-Virk case....you’ve probably sat through more of these hearings and gone through more of the files and written about it than any other journalist in the province."

- Bill Good, host, The Bill Good Show, CKNW/Corus Radio Network

"Tieleman ...has done a first-rate job covering the trial."

- Paul Willcocks, columnist, the Victoria Times-Colonist

"Tieleman, who marries a considerable journalistic talent with one of the smartest political minds in the province, has been writing more web-exclusive material. And his coverage of the Basi-Virk trial is a must-read -- whether you're an insider or an outsider."

"24 Hours, the Vancouver paper that has been leading the coverage, as well as the hints of conspiracy in B.C."

- Norman Spector, columnist, Globe and Mail

"Although the major media in this circumstance has been giving the case significant coverage, Tieleman's reports on his blog have been outstanding.

The entire cut and thrust of legal wrangling and arguments has been covered and is accompanied by considered analysis.....His blog site coverage of the Basi-Virk trial is the most in depth treatment of one of British Columbia's biggest political scandals."

- Bill Bell, columnist, The North Shore News

"Mr. Tieleman has published online dispatches which, freed from the limitations of newsprint space or broadcast time, can run at length. They also remain available for those select readers who become obsessed with a case also known as Railgate.....

In another bizarre twist to a story with no shortage of them, Mr. Tieleman went to work one day in December only to discover his office had been ransacked. Bookcases had been tipped over and papers strewn, but nothing was missing.

To top it off, a press kit for the self-published novel The Raid, written by a retired military officer in Metchosin and featuring on its cover a photograph from the 2003 police raid, had been left in a conspicuous place."

- Tom Hawthorn, columnist, The Globe and Mail

Nobody has followed the Basi-Virk affair over its past five years with greater diligence than local journalist, Bill Tieleman....Tieleman deserves our thanks, a fistful of journalism awards and some merit citation for citizenship.